Student Tries to Pay for Lunch With $2 Bill, School Calls the Police

via the Bull 101.7 ^ | 9/2/16 | via Lance Houston

[raccoonradio]

An eighth grader in Houston, TX tried to pay for lunch with a $2 bill.

Danesiah Neal told ABC News, ”I went to the lunch line, and they said my $2 bill was fake. They gave it to the police. Then they sent me to the police office. A police officer said I could be in big trouble.”

The officer told Danesiah she could be charged with a third-degree felony.

After investigating the incident, police discovered that the bill was real. Just very old and rare.

[Revel]

Funny how social media can whip up old stories like this and make them seem new. Originally we were actually treated by a detailed story.

[jackibutterfly]

"Fortunately there was a money changer. I put in a $20 and out poured $18 Sacajawea $1 coins in change."

What happened to the other $2?

[metmom]

There have been a number of threads about someone trying to pay with a $2 bill and everyone thinking it was counterfeit.

For this to happen is not unusual. However, if the counterfeit pen showed it up at fake, then that’s reasonable. But against he devil is in the details.

So are we to suspect that every account of something we hear is wrong? We could waste our lives away checking and rechecking and verifying. And of course, the times you verify it’s correct and the time you don’t is when it’s wrong. Murphy.

[Ancesthntr]

Again! Didn’t this happen last spring, somewhere else?

How stupid can people be?

Yeah, yeah, I know - I shouldn’t say that, because so many people take it as a challenge.

[cherry]

" how ignorant and clueless our educators"

you said it, not me..

[Ancesthntr]

“I asked at the bank and they said the new “gentleman’s club” in town has a cash machine that only gives $2 bills.

Go figure.”

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The way I figure it, the dancers wanted a raise, and the owner(s) of the club guaranteed them more tip income and saved a bunch in wages...proving that the dancers and/or the owners of a gentlemen’s club are far smarter than this particular cop (which is clearly not a high hurdle to jump over, apparently).

[Ancesthntr]

Old - probably dated 1976, when the feds did a big run of them (none had been produced at that point since 1963). 40 years is “old” according to many.

Rare - compared to other bills, sure. There are about 750 million out there, somewhere. Not really rare. Intelligence is FAR more rare, and this story confirms that.

[Ancesthntr]

“...until 2016 when they were all palletized and flown to an unnamed middle eastern country.”

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Nah, only about 1/4 of them. But that’s still a good one. :>)

[Don_Ret_USAF]

I remember one year when the military pay roll at a base in New Hampshire was paid in 2 dollar bills. You had to wait in line and sign for your payment, all in 2 dollar bills. It was a test to track how much money was being spent around the area. Never saw any results of the test. Had no problem pay the bill with the 2 dollar bill. Still have a few saved.
Don

[Ancesthntr]

Thanks for the laugh, I hadn’t seen that in a while. I just bookmarked it, and I’m sending it on to my email list.

[Roccus]

All part of the “Us against them” mentality so prevalent over the last four decades or so. Age, demeanor, whatever mean nothing. Without a badge, you are the enemy!!!

[Ancesthntr]

“Seeing a red seal will confuse many into thinking they are counterfeit bills.”

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Yes, but we have this new-fangled thingy called the “Internet,” which has quite a lot of information on it. You’d think that before calling the (equally stupid) police, that SOMEONE in the SCHOOL (allegedly a place of LEARNING) might actually, you know, LOOK IT UP.

F’ing morons. Our only hope is if other societies are even more stupid than we are. The movie, “Idiocracy” was supposed to be a comedy, but I think that it is more in the line of prophecy.

[Albion Wilde]

Here's the back of the $2 bill, with an engraving of Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello. When our family visited Monticello some years back, the admission fee was $18, which many people automatically attempt to pay with a $20—to which Monticello gave a $2 bill in change. I still have mine.

[bert]

Fare

[mjp]

[zeugma]

1928 was a long running series if I recall correctly. They only change the year on bills when major changes happens. Just changing the signature on a bill isn’t enough to trigger a new series, and the date won’t change every year like it does on coins. I think the 1953 series was really long-running as well.

[Ancesthntr]

Forget criminal charges...the kid and parents have a Title 42, Section 1983 suit - deprivation of civil rights under color of authority. Each person, despite being a public servant (and doesn’t THAT just tick you off!) can be PERSONALLY sued.

Now I don’t think that you’d win that suit in court, but you can promise all kinds of horrible publicity to the school and police, such that they’ll settle for some monetary settlement (I’d insist that it be paid in $2.00 bills). I’d also insist that EVERY employee of the local P.D. and school system be required to obtain education regarding the history of our currency, and those coins and bills that are in current circulation.

[vetvetdoug]

The was actually a $3 bill in circulation with Santa Claus on the front issued by the Claus bank in the NE US. Paul Harvey reported about it in one of his short stories.

[Ancesthntr]

I missed your post before - but, yes, it is no longer suitable as a comedy. However, I think that it belongs on one of the religious channels, as prophecy.

[bjorn14]

Every time I used a $2 bill people would always asked if I’d been to the track.